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US 5,478,628 AGranted
Non-woven fluorescent retrorefletive fabric
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorsBritton G. Billingsley, Vera L. Lightle, David P. Swanson, Claus Jansen
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Abstract
A high visibility fabric having a non-woven web material with a fluorescent layer. The fluorescent pigment concentration in the fabric is greater proximate a designated fabric outer surface than at other outer surfaces of the fabric. The fabric is used for manufacturing safety vests, signage, and other articles requiring high visibility.
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A high visibility fabric comprising:
- a) a non-woven web comprising fusibly interbonded thermoplastic fibers;
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- b) a fluorescent layer comprising fluorescent pigment in a cross-linked resin,
- wherein the resin penetrates into and is bonded to the non-woven web so as to create a concentration of fluorescent pigment proximate a designated outer surface of the fabric, the fluorescent pigment concentration being greater proximate the designated outer surface than at other surfaces of the fabric, and the resin having portions surrounding the fusibly interbonded thermoplastic fibers and reinforcing the bonds therebetween.
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